How to Install Memcached on Ubuntu 26.04

To install Memcached on Ubuntu 26.04, follow these steps.

Step 1 : Update.

sudo apt update

Step 2 : Install Memcached.

sudo apt install memcached libmemcached-tools

Step 3 : Enable and start.

sudo systemctl enable --now memcached
sudo systemctl status memcached

Step 4 : Check stats.

memcstat --servers=localhost

Default listen is 127.0.0.1:11211. Do not open 11211 on the public firewall.

You have installed Memcached on Ubuntu 26.04.